Because of recent developments in John Doe 76C v. Archdiocese of St.
Paul and Minneapolis, the terrible history of Rev. Thomas Adamson and
the bishops who managed him will be scrutinized. In order to facilitate
that process, we have launched the Adamson Project — the first phase
of our examination of crucial cases in the Catholic sexual abuse crisis.
Below we have posted the judge's recent order in John Doe 76C, along with
the defendant's highly unorthodox Notice of Taxation. Next we have posted
515 pages from Adamson's personnel file. These documents were obtained
in discovery by attorneys for Adamson survivors and were organized in
chronological order to prepare for trial in the John Doe 76C case. The
article by Bob Ehlert examines the first Adamson case.